CEDAR RAPIDS WOMAN WINS $25,000 LOTTERY PRIZE

Tanna Cambridge Wins Big Prize Playing "Bingo Times 10" Scratch Game

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Cedar Rapids woman won $25,000 playing the lottery's "Bingo Times 10" instant-scratch game.

Tanna Cambridge claimed her prize Tuesday at the Iowa Lottery's regional office in Cedar Rapids. She bought her winning ticket at Kwik Shop, 2904 Center Point Rd. in Cedar Rapids.

Bingo Times 10 is a $10 scratch game. Players try to match any complete horizontal, vertical or diagonal line, four corners, or an "X" pattern on one of the eight Bingo cards to win the corresponding prize in the prize arrow that points to their card. The "10X" symbol is a "Free" space. If the 10X symbol appears in any winning Bingo pattern, the prize is multiplied by 10. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 3.37.

Six top prizes of $250,000 have yet to be claimed in Bingo Times 10, more than 20 prizes of $25,000 still remain, along with 55 prizes of $2,500, 110 prizes of $1,000, and thousands more prizes of $100 to $500.

Since the Iowa Lottery's inception in 1985, more than $2.4 billion has been awarded in prizes and more than $1.2 billion has been raised for state programs.